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Analogies
100
Sly as a fox
What is simile?
100
Tone
What is the speakers attitude towards something
100
"The rubble isn't smoking, the way the capitol shows it on television, but there's next to no life aboveground." (Collins, 170)
What is juxtapostion?
100
When the writer depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader
What is flashback
100
Buzz is to onomatopeia as "she sells sea shells" is to
What is alliteration
200
"Would you like a pop?" "A what? You mean a soda?"
What is Vernacular
200
Foil (Character)
What is a character who possesses traits that emphasize another character
200
"I crawled into the cave, secure my glasses, and curl up next to Peeta." *The Hunger Games,pg 279
What is imagery?
200
The dominant tone in a peice of literature
What is Mood
200
The Daily Show with John Steward is to satire as the Scary Movie series is to
What is parody
300
"The man drives the car"-"The car drives the man"
What is Syntax?
300
Invocation
What is a prayer or a statement that calls for help from a god or goddness
300
"My fingertips make small swirling patterns in the cool, slippery earth. I love mud, I think. How many times I've tracked game with the help of its soft, readable surface. Good for bee stings too. Mud. Mud. Mud! My eyes fly open and I dig my fingers into the earth. It is mud!" *The Hunger Games, 170
What is repetition? (mud)
300
Use of an understatement of an affirmative by using a negative description
What is Litote
300
Contradiction is to oxymoron as exageration is to
What is hyperbole
400
Marlow from the Hreat of Darnkess would be an anti-hero
What is an Archetype
400
Anastrophe
What is the order of the noun and adjective in the sentence is exchanged
400
In the play, Julius Caesar, Caesar is a tyrant over his land. When Marcus Brutus, the protagonist and Caesar's best friend, contributes to the murder of Julius Caesar he becomes this achetype.
What is anti-hero?
400
A narrative description with a secondary meaning underlying the literal meaning
What is Allegory
400
"Sing sweet songs for Suzy" is to consonance as "A long song" is to
What is assonance
500
"What light through yonder window breaks?"-Romeo (Act 2, Scene 2)
What is Soliloquy
500
Deus ex Machina
What is an implausible character is brought into the story to bring about a pleasing solution
500
Helena: "How happy some o'er other some can be! Through Athens I am thought as fair as she. But what of that? Demetrius thinks not so; He will not know what all but he do know. And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes, So I, admiring of his qualities. Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." *excerpt from Midsummer Night's Dream
What is soliloquy?
500
Making fun of a human weakness or character flaw
What is Satire
500
Achillis heal is to allusion as "Easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart" is to
What is antithesis